US EditionTrump and Colombia’s President Trade Accusations
Colombian President Gustavo Petro accused US forces of killing an innocent fisherman amid anti-drug operations, citing 27 deaths with no evidence of drug ties, officials said.
- On September 2, US forces carried out a precision strike in the Caribbean Sea that killed Colombian fisherman Alejandro Carranza while he was fishing.
- The US says its operations have hit multiple vessels since September, claiming decisive blows though it provided no evidence that at least 27 killed were drug smugglers.
- Colombia's president said Carranza was a fisherman with no drug links and that `The Colombian boat was adrift and had its distress signal on`, Gustavo Petro said.
- Gustavo Petro, President of Colombia, accused US officials of murder and sovereignty violation, confirming the returned Colombian suspect will face prosecution while Armando Benedetti said, `He arrived with brain trauma, sedated, drugged, breathing with a ventilator`.
- Amid repeated Colombian criticism, operational details remain undisclosed as legal experts warn summary killings are illegal and Washington has not revealed the alleged submarine's departure point.
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Colombia Claims September Boat Strike Killed Innocent Fisherman
"U.S. government officials have committed a murder and violated our sovereignty in territorial waters. Fisherman Alejandro Carranza had no ties to the drug trade and his daily activity was fishing. The Colombian boat was adrift and had its distress...
Trump and Colombia’s President Trade Accusations
“President Gustavo Petro of Colombia accused the United States of murdering an innocent fisherman in an attack on a boat American authorities claimed was carrying illicit drugs, prompting President Trump to declare on Sunday that he would slash assistance to Colombia, one of Washington’s top aid recipients in Latin America,” the New York Times reports. “The feuding between the two leaders reflected rising tensions in the region over the huge U.S…
Miami, U.S.A., Oct. 19 (EFE).- The U.S. government announced this Sunday that it killed three alleged drug traffickers it linked to the Colombian guerrillas of the National Liberation Army (ELN) in a new attack on a vessel in Caribbean waters, the seventh since it declared an “armed conflict” against drug traffickers. “On October 17, under the leadership of President Trump, the War Department carried out a lethal kinetic attack on a vessel affil…
U.S. Strike Kills Three Alleged Narco-Terrorists Linked To Colombian Rebel Group
by Emmitt Barry, with reporting from Washington D.C. Bureau Staff Washington / Bogotá (Worthy News) – U.S. forces carried out a deadly strike on a suspected drug-smuggling vessel in international waters Friday, killing three men believed to be affiliated with Colombia’s National Liberation Army (ELN), officials confirmed Sunday. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced the operation, describing it as a “lethal kinetic strike” authorized by Presid…
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